The Allied States of Sjorve Ned is a huge, safe nation, ruled by George Lucas with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and public floggings. The hard-nosed population of 820 million Sjorve Nedians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sector-1. The average income tax rate is 71.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Sjorve Nedian economy, worth 116 trillion Quartzes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 141,478 Quartzes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Passwords to nuclear codes must now contain upper and lower case characters, grocery stores can be audibly identified by the giggling emerging from them, political clichés like "band-aid solutions" and "adrenaline shots to the economy" are headed for the dumpster, and the official Sjorve Nedian Phrase Book weighs as much as a small child. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sjorve Ned's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sjorve Ned is ranked 250,718^th in the world and 12,068^th in the South Pacific for Lowest Overall Tax Burden, scoring -82.06 on the Hayek Index.